While for most people Pluto is the most distant planet in the Solar System, things get a lot more fuzzy once you pass Neptune ...

Trying to understand the makeup and evolution of the solar system's Kuiper belt has kept researchers busy since it was hypothesized soon after the discovery of Pluto in 1930. In particular, binary ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

Amazon's next group of Kuiper satellites could soon reach orbit, propelling the company closer to providing internet to ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

Scientists believe that Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) are primitive and icy remnants from the early days of the solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago.

Amazon has sent more Kuiper craft into space as it looks to deploy a satellite constellation that rivals Starlink, a service ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has successfully conducted the first-ever deep space stellar navigation test, while traversing the Kuiper Belt.

There are also a few other hang-ups, as these Kuiper Belt bodies can become unstable during their journey toward the inner Solar System, and such a catastrophic impact on Mars could instigate ...

The Kuiper Belt itself is named after the late Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper, widely considered to be the father of modern planetary science. Where is Project Kuiper located?